Denver Policy Program Spotlight: AALL Public Policy Update (G3)

Are you curious about what AALL’s three policy committees and Government Relations Office (GRO) have accomplished this year? Do you want to find out what’s on our plate for next year? Whether you’re new to advocacy or a long-time information policy advocate, the “AALL Public Policy Update” (G3) is the perfect opportunity to learn about the work we’ve been doing for our members through the year.

The Copyright Committee prepared AALL’s comments for the triennial rule-making for new exemptions to Sec. 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and monitored the development of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.

ELIACC published new state summaries updating AALL’s 2007 State-by-State Report on Authentication of Online Legal Resources to determine how much progress, if any, states have made since AALL published this groundbreaking report and continued work on a new Citation White Paper.

GRC monitored and advised the GRO on legislative issues, including the reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act; wrote Issue Briefs on hot topics such as the state secrets privilege, net neutrality, and Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act; and worked with chapters to increase advocacy at the state level, including preventing library closures.

The Government Relations Office has most recently been working closely with Federal agencies to ensure that they meet the requirements of the Obama Administration’s new Open Government Directive. AALL contributed to an audit organized by OpenTheGovernment.org to rank executive agencies’ Open Government Plans. AALL is also coordinating the development of state working groups on public access to authenticated online government information.

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